Shoe cleat attachment



l 1934- M, GOLDENBERG 1,953,477

SHOE CLEAT ATTACHMENT Filed Nov. 24, 1930 II A 9 u 1/11,"

.1}? def? for: Mb/mel 00165677667)? Patented Apr. 3, 1934 rren'r FFlC 1 Claim.

My invention is an improved cleat attachment for football shoes and the like. It consists essentially of an externally threaded stud having a radial flange forming a flat head which bears 5 against the outer surface of the sole and is se cured thereto by nails or rivets, thereby providing for the transmission of thrusts or stresses through broad bearing surfaces and tension members. The cleats are provided with sockets which may have threaded walls or contain threaded ferrules complementary to the studs on which they are screwed.

My improvements provide a simple, inexpensive and durable construction whereby quick detachable cleat attachments may be applied from the exterior of the shoe by an ordinary shoemaker or amateur by simply nailing the head of the stud in place. This permits the ready substitution of detachable cleats for ordinary nailed cleats by ripping off the latter and nailing on my attachments, thereby avoiding necessity for drilling the shoe soles for cleat bolts. When my cleat attachments have been applied, the player may attach or change to any form or size of cleats deemed best for his purpose.

My improvements preclude the possibility of a bolt or stud backing up through the sole and hurting or injuring a players foot. By eliminating the holes in the sole usually provided for the passage of cleat bolts or studs, seepage of water or dust is avoided by my improvements. Moreover, by eliminating the passage of cleat bolts through the sole I avoid the difficulty of removing and inserting bolts from the inside of the shoe.

The characteristic features and advantages of my improvements will further appear from the following description and the accompanying drawing in illustration thereof:

In the drawing, Fig. 1 is a bottom plan View of a shoe sole having cleats applied thereto in accordance with my invention, one of the cleats being detached to show the fastening member permanently attached to the sole; Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view showing the attachment of cleats to a portion of a shoe in accordance with my invention; Fig 3 is an en larged sectional view through a sole, fastener and cleat; Fig. 4 is an enlarged bottom plan view of a stud having its flange or head attached to a sole; and Fig. 5 is a top plan view of a detached cleat.

In accordance with my invention, as illustrated in the drawing, an externally threaded metallic stud or bolt 1 has formed integrally thereon a radial flange or flat head 2 for attachment to the outer surface of the sole 3 by nails or rivets 4, 4' respectively passing through apertures adjacent to the periphery of the disk and an aperture in the axis of the stud. The inner ends of the rivets passing through the outer sole are upset to prevent withdrawal of the rivets and may be covered by an inner sole 5.

Conoidal cleats 6 having polygonal tops '7 for engagement by a wrench contain recesses 8 in which are embedded the internally threaded cylindrical metallic thimbles 9 adapted for engagement with the studs 1. The tops of the cleats also contain shallow recesses 10 which permit the cleats to be drawn up tightly.

It will be understood that the studs are permanently connected to the sole but do not pass therethrough and stresses are transmitted through the broad bearing surfaces of the heads 2 and through the tension members 4 and 4', which are of small diameter and relatively elastic. The cleats may be readily attached to and detached from the shoe by merely screwing the cleats on or ofi the studs.

Having described my invention, I claim:

The combination with a sole, of an apertured fiat disk having an apertured integral threaded stud projecting therefrom, nails movable through said disk and through said stud into said sole, and a cleat containing a socket and having embedded therein a threaded member for engaging said stud and having a recessed top around said socket, said recess being surrounded by a flange engaging the heads of said nails movable through said disk apertures, and said recess permitting the central portion of said cleat to be drawn up on said stud toward said sole after engagement of said flange with said disk, thereby applying pressure through said flange to nails aforesaid.

MICHAEL GOLDENBERG. 

